And I’m not talking about the ones in power, more the rank and file.

I speculated this wrecking ball approach to the US economy was an attempt to destabilize the world and marshall the forces of violent fascism, and make the battle for hegemony one of attrition since the Us no longer sees itself capable of competing with China’s manufacturing capabilities.

So, like, what does the average Joe think? That while everything around him comes crumbling down, all the trans and blacks will at least be put in their place?

I’m wondering if the debate around the seemingly confusing motivations are due to…too much of a materialist approach? I think it’s either that or absolutism when it comes to the dialectic and taking these thoughts to their logical conclusions

    • Barabas [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      16 days ago

      People will hang on for a long time as long as there is a ‘common sense’ narrative for why it has to be so. Just look at Mileil, he is still popular despite running the Argentinian economy into the ground since there is a narrative that it needs to be done.

      • SFloss (they/them)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Oh man, this remided me of a thread on Hacker News from a couple of months ago when Mileil rugpulled a memecoin. So many people defending him on the grounds that he’s “done good for the Argentinian economy.” He can’t do bad in these people’s eyes, truly. One commenter even praised him getting rid of erroneous spending like rent control.

        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43072790

    • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      16 days ago

      This is the chud equivalent of “Can’t wait to see Drumpf try wriggling his way out of this mess.”

      Just wait a little bit more and he’ll prove he’s actually a genius

  • duderium [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Thanks to the conversation I had with my barber yesterday, the real problem is high taxes, wasteful government spending, and trans people playing sports. Before you tell me to get a different barber, all the barbers around here are more or less like that. Libs in contrast will say that everything will be better if we can just get rid of drumpf, it doesn’t matter if reanimated zombie hitler is the one who replaces him.